Vallée's doubts about Kit Green (1974)
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| Date | 16 June 1974 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Disinformation & hoaxes (topic) |
| People | Jacques Vallée, Christopher "Kit" Green |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 79 |
| Year | 1974 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1974 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 13 |
The testimony cites a journal entry by Jacques Vallée dated 16 June 1974 as showing him wondering whether his UFO discussions with CIA scientist Kit Green and others were a cover for something else. Published excerpts of that entry describe a weekend in which Vallée argued with Green and failed to convince him that UFOs were real.[1][2]
The entry
According to the excerpts, Green met Vallée at Dulles airport and introduced him to "David M." and a 20-year agency veteran called "Sams", members of a so-called "Group of Twelve" of senior officials that had reportedly decided to fund a UFO research focus. Vallée judged their proposed work unambitious, and over the weekend argued with Green, writing that he "failed to convince him that UFOs were real". By 21 July 1974 Green had dropped out of the group.[1][2]
Vallée's suspicions
Vallée's broader suspicion that intelligence agencies were manipulating the UFO field is well documented. In his 1979 book Messengers of Deception he argued that some contactee groups, rumours and staged events were being used by human agencies to shape belief, possibly to hide other secrets, and in later years he described cases such as the Bennewitz affair and the Rendlesham Forest incident as examples of manipulation or psychological warfare.[3]
Significance
Vallée was one of the most respected researchers in the field and had direct contact with intelligence-connected people. His journals show that even well-informed insiders could not be sure how much of what they were told was true, or why they were being told it.[1][3]
People and topics
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Christopher "Kit" Green — CIA physician and analyst who became a long-time contact of Jacques Vallée and studied UAP-related injuries.
- Central Intelligence Agency — The U.S. foreign intelligence agency, which has followed UFO reports since the 1940s.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Messengers of Deception — Jacques Vallée's 1979 book on manipulation of UFO beliefs.
On the Timeline
- Twelve officials to study UFOs (1974) (2 June 1974) — Puthoff relays that 12 senior officials have decided to focus on UAP study.
- Army missile exercise phenomena (1973–74) (17 July 1974) — An Army spokesman says unexplained aerial phenomena were seen during missile exercises.
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References
- "Christopher 'Kit' Green, part four", UFOs Scientific Research (Jan 2011) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- "Was there secret US government research?", UFOs Scientific Research (Oct 2016) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- Gildas Bourdais, summary of Jacques Vallée's radio interview (Mar 2006), Patrick Gross · ufology.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science — the journals of Jacques Vallée (Anomaly Archives) · anomalyarchives.org · archived copy
- Forbidden Science series — Anomalist Books · anomalistbooks.com · archived copy
- Kit Green in Vallée's journals — Forbidden Science Dispatches · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Kit Green, Garry Nolan and UAP-related injuries — IBTimes · ibtimes.co.uk · archived copy
- Former CIA officer on UFO-related injuries — TweakTown · tweaktown.com · archived copy
- Review of Forbidden Science 6 — SFCrowsnest · sfcrowsnest.info · archived copy
- Forbidden Science Dispatches — Tanner Boyle (journal summaries) · tannerfboyle.substack.com · archived copy
- Kit Green — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Garry Nolan on UFO materials and Kit Green's patient studies (Vice interview) · exo.substack.com · archived copy
- abovetopsecret.com · abovetopsecret.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Jacques Vallée — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
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